pottle/ˈpɒtəl/EtymologyFrom Middle English potell, potel, from Old French potel, diminutive of pot; see more at pot.pottle means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nameA surname.nounA former unit of volume, equivalent to half a gallon, used for liquids and corn; a pot or drinking vessel of around this size.“Why, he drinks you, with facility, your Dane dead drunk; he sweats not to overthrow your Almain; he gives your Hollander a vomit, ere the next pottle can be filled.”A small food container, usually made of plastic or cardboard, typically used for containing hot chips, yoghurt or other foodstuffs.“Outside, I ripped open the bag to reveal the chips were sitting inside a paper pottle. A pottle!”A small pot or other receptacle, e.g. for strawberries.“Strawberry pottles are often half cabbage leaves, a few tempting strawberries being displayed on the top of the pottle.”verbTo place in a pottle.